Rajasthan Royals Head Coach: The legend who scored 103 centuries became the head coach of Rajasthan Royals in place of Rahul Dravid.

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Who became the new head coach of Rajasthan Royals? (PC-PTI)

Kumar Sangakkara: Rajasthan Royals have taken many surprising decisions before IPL 2026. First they handed over Sanju Samson to Chennai Super Kings through trade and now this team has changed its head. Rajasthan has appointed Kumar Sangakkara as the head coach in place of Rahul Dravid, who is also the team director. Kumar Sangakkara was also the head coach of the team in IPL 2024 but Rahul Dravid replaced him. Now Rahul Dravid separated himself from the team after just one season, after which Sangakkara has again got this responsibility.

Sangakkara has long experience of coaching

Kumar Sangakkara Not only has he been a great player of his time, he also has tremendous experience in coaching. Apart from the Sri Lankan cricket team, he has also worked with other teams. He has been associated with Rajasthan Royals for a long time. The biggest thing about Sangakkara is that he is expert in honing natural talent. Talking about the career of Kumar Sangakkara, this player has scored 103 centuries in his professional cricket career. This player has scored 12400 runs in 134 test matches, which includes 38 centuries. He has 14234 runs in his name in ODI and has also scored 25 centuries. He has scored 103 centuries in first class cricket and List A cricket together.

Sangakkara’s achievements as a coach

Sangakkara joined Rajasthan Royals in the year 2021. The team could not do anything special in IPL 2021 but in IPL 2022 they were successful in giving Rajasthan Royals a place in the finals. However, the team lost to Gujarat Titans in the final. Kumar Sangakkara also got the offer to become the head coach of Team India in the year 2024 but he did not accept it due to short time.

These challenges are in front of Sangakkara

The biggest challenge before Kumar Sangakkara is to give a new captain to Rajasthan Royals. The team has players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel. The question is who they bet on. Sangakkara will also have to decide the best playing eleven soon because a batsman like Sanju Samson has left the team, who has won many matches for Rajasthan. Now it remains to be seen how Sangakkara grooms the Rajasthan Royals team.

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